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Ejikeme Ikwunze

Ejikeme Ikwunze // , popularly called Mr Football, is an international figure in Nigeria's sporting community. He is a sports columnist and contributes articles to several international sports magazines as well as Nigerian Newspapers including the National Ambassador, Vanguard, ThisDay and the Daily Champion. He also features as a sports commentator on several stations such as Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, the BCA Radio, Abia Television and Pacesetter Radio.

Ikwunze is a football historian and statistician. He has authored several books on the subject, including Olympic Football Tournaments, World Cup 1930–2010 – A Statistical Summary [self-published source] and World Cup Biographies. Some of his works have been recognised by FIFA and can be found in FIFA's Libraries.[citation needed] FIFA President Sepp Blatter has often acknowledged Ejikeme Ikwunze's works as being a valuable contribution to football history.[citation needed]

Ikwunze has had a career in public service first as a teacher in a public school and later as a sports administrator. He headed the Abia State Sports Council as Director of Sports for nearly a decade, a position which enabled him reposition and develop several games. He was a member of the 9-man Presidential Committee on reform of Nigeria Football set up by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.[citation needed]

Ikwunze is an authority on sports issues and is often a reference point for news reporters wishing to make a good headline story.

He is a former Special Adviser to the Governor of Abia State on Sports, and finds time by the side to work as a consultant to many sports bodies in Nigeria.

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